Wire fence



No. 623,|2 9 Patented Apr. is, I899.

A. J. BATES.

W l B E F E N G E. (Application hm Nov. 25, 1898.

(No Model.)

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ALBERT .I. BATES, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN STEEL AND IRE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,129, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed November 25, 1898. Serial No 697,472. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. BATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at J oliet, in the county of \Vill and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to that class of wire fences known as woven-wire fences-that is to say, such as are manufactured or woven at one operation in a single piece; and the object of the invention is to produce a fence of this description that can be manufactured by machinery more economically than heretofore and that will be strong, durable, and simple in construction.

The accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, show a fragment of my improved fencing in elevation in Figure 1. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the manner of connecting the longitudinal and transverse wires at the point of intersection, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the clip-fastening that secures the two wires together.

In the views the letter (t denotes the longitudinal or strand wires, as they are called, and b the transverse picket or stay wires.

The strand-wires are arranged at graduated distances apart, as usual in fences of this description, the lower wires being nearer together than those above, and at intervals along their length corresponding to the points where it is intended to have the staywires located all the wires are provided with lateral bends or jogs a, inclined first upwardly and then downwardly in the vertical plane of the wires at angles approximating the general direction of the stay-wires.

The stay-wires consist of separate strips extending in continuous lengths across the entire width of the fencing or at least across a plurality of adjacent spaces between the strand-wires, for although I prefer the arrangement shown in the drawings, where these wires all extend across the full width of the fabric, some of them (every alternate one, for example) may only run part way across.

At points along their length corresponding to the distance apart of the strand-wires these stay-wires are provided with lateral jogs or bends l) in the vertical plane of the wires, extending horizontally in a general direction lengthwise of the strand-wires, so that when the stay-wires are brought into juxtaposition with the gang of strand-wires and properly spaced apart the jogs or bends in the one will accurately correspond with those of the other, the two lying parallel with each other, side by side, as best shown in the detail views, Figs. 2 and 3. p

The angles which the jogs or bends in the strand and stay wires make with the general direction of the wires is variable within considerable limits, depending largely upon the character, grade, and temper of the wire employed in making the fencing, and it is by no means essential that the angle which the jogs or bends of the stay-wires make with the main body portion of those wires should be the same which the jogs or bends in the strand-wires make with the general direction of those wires, for (other things being equal) the thinner the wire the more feasible it would be to make the angle abrupt, and it might be desirable to use a thinner wire for the stays than in the longitudinal strands.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, immediately after the strand-wires are bent upwardly in the formation of thej ogs or bends a they are bent downwardly again, so as to return the wire at once to the general plane of the strand and improve the appearance of the fence. This may also be done, if desired, with the stay-wires; but it is not so desirable in this case, and 1 have shown them as gradually deflected from the right-hand end of one jog or bend 1) across the intervening space to the opposite end of the next.

As the most economical fastening for secur-' ing the strand and stay wires together, as well as the easiest to apply by machinery, I employ clips c, made of flat sheet metal bent around both wires at their intersection and tightly clamped upon them where the jogs or bends of one correspond with those of the other. These clips need no further particular description, except to say that they are 'the clips, and that they preferably extend in the completed fence at an oblique angle to both the strand and stay wires. Although I prefer to use fastenings of this description, I

. do not desire to be limited thereto.

The construction being as thus described, it will be seen that the fencing is at once simple, strong, compact, and durable, that it is more quickly and easily put up than in the case of those fences that have to be strung strand by strand, and that it is susceptible of being economically manufactured by machinery at a rapid rate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a'wire fence, the combination of longitudinal strand-wires, and transverse staywires extending in continuous lengths across adjacent spaces between the strand-wires, said strand wires having vertical jogs or bends, and said stay-wires having jogs or bends parallel with those of the strand-wires, with fastenings for securing the strand and stay wires together at their intersection.

2. In a wire fence, the combination oflongitudinal strand-wires, and transverse staywires extending in continuous lengths across adjacent spaces between the strand-wires, said strand and stay wires having lateral jogs or bends in the vertical plane of the wires, with fastenings for securing the strand and stay wires together at the intersection of their jogs or bends.

3. In a wire fence, the combination of longitudinal strand-Wires, and transverse staywires, the latter extending in continuous lengths across adjacent spaces between the strand-wires, said stay and strand wires having parallel jogs or bends transversely of their length at the points where they intersect one another, and fastenings at the intersections of the wires for securing them together by their jogs or bends.

4. A wire fence composed of the longitudinal strand-wires a, the transverse stay-wires b, the former having the lateral jogs or bends a, and the latter having the transverse jogs or bends b parallel with those of. the strandwires, and the clips 0 for securing the wires together at their intersection.

5. In a wire fence, the combination of longitudinal strand-wires having jogs or bends therein, and transverse stay-wires having jogs or bends extending parallel to the strandwire jogs or bends, with clips embracing both wires at the intersection of theirjogs or bends;

G. In awire fence, the combination of longitudinal strand-wires having jogs or bends therein, transverse stay-wires having similar jogs or bends, and clips for securing said wires together at their jogs or bends, the jogs or bends being obliquelyinclined to their respective wires, and the clips embracing them being at an oblique angle to each of said wires. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT J. BATES.

Witnesses:

F. J. WHITGRovE, R. F. NEwBoLD. 

